Minnesota Lake File

Welch Lake — Cass County, MN

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Fish species

• black bullhead
• black crappie
• bluegill
• bowfin (dogfish)
• brown bullhead
• hybrid sunfish
• largemouth bass
• northern pike
• pumpkinseed
• rock bass
• tullibee (cisco)
• walleye
• yellow bullhead
• yellow perch

Latest DNR survey (2025-05-28)

Species	CPUE	Avg lbs
HSF	1.64	0.50
BOF	0.73	0.00
BLG	34.55	0.09
YEP	0.45	0.00
LMB	0.18	0.00
RKB	0.55	0.00
BRB	0.27	0.00
BLC	0.36	0.60
NOP	0.73	0.00
PMK	7.09	0.23

CPUE = catch per unit effort in the DNR's nets. Source: Minnesota DNR LakeFinder.

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